Headlines
- India suspended from Olympics
- Indian couple gets jail term in Norway
- US lawmakers seek Visa ban for Narendra Modi
- Election Commission asks centre to defer cash transfer scheme in Gujarat and HP
National news
- Court directs railways to work out simple procedure to help those without ID cards
- Stating that it is concerned about the difficulty that people from lower and middle class and those in remote villages may face in showing original identity cards while travelling on reserved tickets, the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the railway’s counsel to seek instructions and work out a simple procedure to help the poor avoid difficulties.
- India faces afgan test as ally calls for military aid.
- Naresh Fernandez wins Shakthi Bhatti Prize
International news
- US fines Chinese firms for nuclear resale to Pakistan nuclear plant
- The U.S. fined a Chinese state-owned company $3 million on Monday after it agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for exporting U.S.-made coatings to a Pakistan nuclear plant against U.S. restrictions.
- China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction Co. was charged with conspiring with the China subsidiary of the U.S. company PPG Industries to deliver high-performance epoxy coatings to the Pakistan nuclear power plant without obtaining permission.
- Tension over bid to honour LTTE
- Hundreds of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka staged a major protest in the former war zone of Jaffna on Tuesday, the first since the end of the civil war three and a half years ago and a sign of growing tension.
- Considerable progress ob border talks between India and China says Shiv Shankar Menon
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Mr. Menon and
Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo, his counterpart as the Special
Representative on the talks, prepared a “common understanding” report reviewing
the long-running negotiations on a framework for settling the boundary dispute
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The exercise is
part of an effort to ensure continuity in the talks following the retirement of
Mr. Dai in March, as China completes a sweeping once-in-10-year leadership
change.
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After 15 rounds
of talks between the Special Representatives, India and China are now in the
second of an agreed-upon three-stage process, which involves the complicated
task of agreeing to a framework to settle the boundary question in all sectors.
Editorials/ Opinion
- Article on FDI in insurance
- Editorial on the IOC – IOA controversy
- Editorial on the AP assembly bill bringing the disadvantaged society on par with people.
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